Spaces of creative resistance : social change projects in twenty-first-century East Asia / edited by Andrea Gevurtz Arai ; foreword by Christopher T. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arai, Andrea Gevurtz, editor.

Nelson, Christopher T., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

East Asia--Social conditions--21st century.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in 21st Century East Asia brings together an exciting cross-regional inter-disciplinary group of scholars, scholar activists, artists and others for a collection which addresses the last two decade's hollowing out of social connections, socio-economic income gaps, and general precarity of life in East Asia societies. Written by authors from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, each chapter is focused on those making a difference together in socially sustainable ways, particularly in the areas of gender, labor, and environments -- both built and natural. These projects all constitute acts of creative resistance to neoliberal development, and each act of creative resistance demonstrates how individuals and communities across East Asia are making new worlds and lifeways in the small and everyday. Taking on larger political and economic forces that affect their lives and communities, each project and group of individuals featured here is focused on making more liveable presents and more possible futures"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : shifting contexts, creative responses / Andrea Gevurtz Arai

DIY sensibilities, eco-aesthetics, and women's projects in post 3.11 Japan / Andrea Gevurtz Arai

Maeul Sari for Young Korean people : making spaces for a different lifestyle / Hyein Chae

Re-inventing Faan Gung : regaining autonomy at work in Hong Kong's alternative communities / Chor-See Chan

"I want to lie flat like a dead fish" : a form of young people's creative resistance in twenty-first century China / Jinyue Xu and Yue Wu

"I refuse to live in a town without a cinema!" : rebuilding a theater and cultural space in Toyooka, Japan / Hidehiko Ishibashi

Rebuilding a vacant space and regaining my place in Kanazawa, Japan / Keisuke Sugano

706 Youth Space : a collective response to social issues by urban elite youth in China / Summer Xuan Dai

Creative resistance and social isolation in Japan / Yumi Matsubara

The case of the Yuanli Hi home : revitalizing community and "gathering" spaces in Taiwan / Hsiu Fan Lin and Yu Liu

A transitional site for self-organized civic life in South Korea (Bibil Base) / Yeonjung Ahn

Urban poverty and spaces of community action in Wanhua, Taipei / Liling Huang and Jeffrey Hou

Teaching appendix : for the instructor thinking of adopting this volume / Andrea Gevurtz Arai with Miriam Timson.

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ISBN:

1-9788-4251-1